US8294391B2 - Moving body system and method of determining initial position of moving body - Google Patents

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US8294391B2
US8294391B2 US12/829,512 US82951210A US8294391B2 US 8294391 B2 US8294391 B2 US 8294391B2 US 82951210 A US82951210 A US 82951210A US 8294391 B2 US8294391 B2 US 8294391B2
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    • H02P—CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
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  • the present invention relates a moving body system including a linear motor having a primary side on the ground and a secondary side on a moving body.
  • the present invention relates to a technique of measuring an initial position of the moving body, e.g., at the time of a start-up operation of the system.
  • JP2007-82307A discloses a technique of controlling a linear motor by providing a movable element of the linear motor on a moving body such as a stacker crane, providing stationary elements of the linear motor on the ground, and detecting a position of the moving body using linear sensors.
  • the stationary elements are provided discretely, and the linear sensors are provided discretely to determine the position of the moving body based on a signal from a linear sensor detecting the moving body.
  • the movable element is made up of a plurality of magnets
  • the linear sensor determines the position of a detected magnet among the plurality of magnets by counting the number of magnets.
  • a linear sensor having a measurement range longer than the length of the movable element is required.
  • Such a linear sensor is disadvantageous in terms of the cost. For example, at the time of performing a starting operation of a system for the first time, or at the time of performing a restoring operation after a power failure, it is necessary to carry out the start-up operation of the system from a state where the initial position of the moving body is unknown.
  • Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a system, technique and method of unambiguously determining an absolute position of a movable element using a position sensor having a measurement range that is shorter than a magnet array of the movable element so as to determine a position of the movable element more reliably.
  • a moving body system includes a moving body including a magnet array as a movable element of a linear motor, stationary elements of the linear motor provided on a ground, and position sensors each having a measurement range that is shorter than a length of the movable element.
  • Each of the stationary elements includes a plurality of coils.
  • the position sensors are arranged discretely, and the stationary elements are arranged between the position sensors to enable determination of a rough position of the movable element based on a change of inductance of a coil of any of the stationary elements resulting from interaction with the magnet array.
  • the moving body system further includes a start-up unit arranged to determine an initial position of the moving body when a power supply for the moving body system is turned on, based on the rough position of the movable element relative to the stationary element and a signal from the position sensor.
  • the inductance of the coil changes.
  • the inductance of the coil facing the movable element is different from the inductance of the coil that does not face the movable element. Therefore, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a rough position of the movable element is determined based on a change of inductance of the coil of the stationary element resulting from interaction with the magnet array. Then, a fine position is determined by the position sensor. Therefore, an absolute position of the movable element can be determined unambiguously even if the position sensor has a measurement range that is shorter than the magnet array of the movable element. It should be noted that auxiliary information as to whether the position sensor faces the movable element, whether the Hall elements of the stationary element faces the movable element, or the like may be utilized in addition to the inductance of the coils.
  • the length of the magnet array is longer than an arrangement pitch of the stationary elements so that, when a rear end of the magnet array faces a coil at a rear end of a stationary element on a back side, a front end of the magnet array can face a coil at a rear end of a stationary element on a front side.
  • the position of the magnet array can be determined more reliably.
  • the start-up unit applies direct current to the stationary elements when the power supply is turned on, to roughly position the movable element to any of a plurality of positions, and applies alternating current to the stationary elements after positioning of the movable element, to measure the change of inductance.
  • direct current to the coils
  • the movable element can be positioned roughly to any of a plurality of positions.
  • alternating current to the coils it is possible to determine at which rough position the movable element is present.
  • the alternating current has a frequency that does not cause movement of the moving body following the alternating current
  • the start-up unit measures direct current resistance of each of the coils of the stationary elements at the time of applying the direct current to the stationary elements when the power supply is turned on, determines alternating current impedance of each of the coils upon application of the alternating current, and determines inductance of each of the coils by removing the direct current resistance from the determined alternating current impedance. In this manner, inductance of each of the coils can be determined easily.
  • each of the stationary elements has Hall elements on left and right sides
  • the start-up unit is configured to detect whether there is any movable element around any of the stationary elements, based on outputs from the Hall elements or outputs from the position sensors, and applies the direct current and alternating current to only the stationary element having any surrounding movable element. In this manner, it is not required to apply direct current or alternating current to the stationary elements that are not needed for position determination.
  • a method of determining an initial position of a moving body is carried out in a moving body system including the moving body having a magnet array as a movable element of a linear motor, stationary elements of the linear motor provided on a ground, and position sensors each having a measurement range that is shorter than a length of the movable element.
  • Each of the stationary elements includes a plurality of coils.
  • the method includes the steps of: arranging the position sensors discretely; arranging the stationary elements between the position sensors to enable determination of a rough position of the movable element based on a change of inductance of a coil of any of the stationary elements resulting from interaction with the magnet array; and determining an initial position of the moving body by start-up unit when a power supply for the moving body system is turned on, based on the rough position of the movable element relative to the stationary element and a signal from the position sensor.
  • the description regarding the moving body system is directly applicable to the method of determining the initial position of the moving body, and conversely, the description regarding the method of determining the initial position of the moving body is directly applicable to the description regarding the moving body system.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a moving body system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing processing at the time of start-up operation of the moving body system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a three-phase alternating current motor and a control module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram schematically showing direct current and high frequency current applied at the time of start-up operation of the moving body system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, where a waveform ( 1 ) shows an example where electrical current applied to the U-phase is distributed uniformly to the V-phase and the W-phase; and a waveform ( 2 ) shows an example where electrical current applied to the U-phase is supplied to the V-phase.
  • a waveform ( 1 ) shows an example where electrical current applied to the U-phase is distributed uniformly to the V-phase and the W-phase
  • a waveform ( 2 ) shows an example where electrical current applied to the U-phase is supplied to the V-phase.
  • FIG. 5 is a view showing a layout of a movable element on a moving body, and stationary elements and position sensors on the ground according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a view showing a layout of a movable element on a moving body, and stationary elements and position sensors on the ground according to a modified preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a view showing layouts for position measurement of the movable element on the moving body in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, where a layout 1 ) shows an example of positioning; and layouts 2 ) to 5 ) show a position measurement method for each position of the movable element at the time of positioning.
  • FIGS. 1 to 7 show a moving body system 2 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and various modifications thereof.
  • a reference numeral 4 denotes a movable element of a linear motor provided on a moving body (not shown).
  • the moving body may be a stacker crane, an overhead traveling vehicle, a rail vehicle traveling on the ground, a conveyor, a movable head of machine equipment, etc.
  • the number of magnetic poles of the movable element 4 i.e., the number of magnetic poles oriented to a stationary element is, e.g., 6 to 11 .
  • Reference numerals 6 denote stationary elements of the linear motor.
  • the stationary elements are provided on the ground along a moving route of the moving body.
  • the stationary element 6 preferably is a three-phase synchronous motor having a U-phase, a V-phase, and a W-phase.
  • magnetic sensors such as a pair of Hall elements 7 are provided on front and back sides of the stationary element 6 .
  • Reference numerals 8 denote position sensors.
  • the position sensor 8 includes a pair of coils S 1 , S 2 for position detection, and a control circuit.
  • the position sensor 8 detects magnets of the movable element 4 , and has a measurement range that is shorter than the length of the magnet array.
  • the length of the movable element 4 herein means the length of the magnet array.
  • the position sensor 8 is not capable of detecting a position of the magnet that is being detected, among the plurality of magnets of the movable element 4 .
  • the absolute position herein means a position based on a suitable point of origin on the system.
  • the position sensor is a linear sensor arranged to output a signal that is linear relative to the position of the movable element 4 .
  • Reference numerals 10 denote IPMs (intelligent power module) arranged and programmed to control the stationary elements 6 .
  • the IPM 10 is an example of a power supply circuit for the stationary element 6 .
  • a reference numeral 12 denotes a LAN.
  • the stationary elements 6 , the position sensors 8 , and a ground controller 14 are connected to the LAN 12 .
  • One controller 14 may be provided for the entire moving body system 2 . Alternatively, the system 2 may be divided into a plurality of zones, and the controller 14 may be provided for each of the zones.
  • the controller 14 includes a position memory 16 arranged to store data of a position signal from the position sensor 8 , and a velocity calculator 18 arranged to calculate velocity of the moving body by temporal differentiation.
  • An instruction generator 24 generates a position instruction or a velocity instruction at predetermined time intervals, and a position controller 20 generates an output in correspondence with a difference between the position of the moving body and a position indicated by the position instruction.
  • a velocity controller 22 outputs a control instruction to the IPM 10 in correspondence with a difference between the velocity of the moving body and velocity indicated by the velocity instruction, and the output from the position controller 20 .
  • the IPM 10 applies electrical current having a frequency in correspondence with the signal from the velocity controller 22 , to the three-phase synchronous motor of the stationary element to move the movable element 4 .
  • the ground controller 14 includes a start-up unit 26 . At the time of turning on a power supply for the moving body system 2 for the first time, or at the time of turning on the power supply for the system after restoration from a power failure or the like, an initial position of the moving body, i.e., an initial position of the movable element is measured.
  • the measurement includes two steps of:
  • the movable element 4 after positioning of the movable element 4 , determining the position of the movable element 4 among the plurality of positions, based on a change of inductance resulting from magnetic interaction between the coil of the stationary element 6 and the magnet of the movable element 4 , to determine a rough position of the movable element 4 .
  • the initial position of the movable element 4 is determined.
  • selection of the stationary element 6 is made, e.g., by:
  • the start-up unit 26 stores resistance of each coil of the stationary element 6 .
  • the three coils of each stationary element 6 have substantially the same resistance. Further, the start-up unit 26 converts impedance of the coil into inductance.
  • FIG. 2 shows an algorithm of positioning the moving body when the power supply is turned on in the present preferred embodiment.
  • steps 31 to 36 steps 32 and 35 may be omitted.
  • the stationary elements of the linear motor are excited by direct current to roughly position the movable element to any of a plurality of rough positions. That is, when direct current is applied to the coils of the stationary elements, by magnetic suction or reaction of the magnets of the movable element, the movable element is positioned roughly to any of several positions where the movable element can be positioned roughly. At this time, since direct current is applied, the impedance of each coil is not influenced by the magnet array.
  • the direct current resistance of each coil may be measured based on the voltage and electrical current value of the direct current power supply, as shown in step 32 . It should be noted that step 32 may be omitted, and the resistance of each coil may be stored by the start-up unit 26 .
  • high frequency electrical current is applied to the coils of the stationary elements of the linear motor.
  • the frequency at this time is high, specifically, 1 KHz or more, or 10 Kz or more, and thus, the moving body does not move following the high frequency.
  • Position measurement of the movable element can be performed in a very small period of time. Therefore, alternating current having a low frequency may be applied to the stationary elements 6 , and movement of the movable element by a minute distance may be acceptable.
  • Alternating current impedance may be determined from an electrical current value when pulses of direct voltage are applied to the stationary elements. When alternating current or the similar current is applied to each coil of the stationary elements, inductance of the coil is changed based on the position of the movable element facing the magnet array.
  • the impedance can be converted into inductance. In this manner, the inductance of the coil is measured, and the facing relationship between the movable element 4 and the magnet array is determined (step 33 ).
  • the rough position relative to the movable element cannot be determined only from the inductance of each coil of the stationary element. Therefore, auxiliary information as to whether the position sensor faces the movable element (step 34 ), whether the Hall elements of the stationary element or the like face the movable element (step 35 ), or the like are utilized additionally. Based on the inductance of each coil of the stationary element, and the auxiliary information obtained from the position sensor or the Hall elements, the rough position of the movable element relative to the stationary element is determined. Since the measurement range of the position sensor is shorter than the total length of the movable element, the absolute position of the movable element cannot be detected. Further, once the rough position of the movable element is identified, the absolute position can be determined by the position sensor (step 36 ).
  • FIG. 3 shows structure of the three-phase alternating current synchronous motor of the stationary element 6 and IPM 10 .
  • the stationary element 6 preferably includes three coils in the U-phase, the V-phase, and the W-phase, and three contacts a, b, and c.
  • the IPM 10 has a power supply 38 and a control unit 39 .
  • the control unit 39 activates the stationary element 6 , e.g., by turning on and off six power elements 40 to 45 by signals a 1 to c 2 .
  • the signal a 1 to c 2 direct current can be applied to the stationary element 6 in an arbitrary orientation, and alternating current of an arbitrary frequency can be applied to the stationary element.
  • control unit 39 monitors the electrical current flowing through the contacts a, b using the electrical current sensors 46 , 47 such as Hall elements.
  • the electrical current value of the electrical current flowing through the contact c is determined by the sum of the electrical current values of electrical current flowing through the contacts a, b. Further, the determined electrical value is transmitted to a controller for calculation of the impedance.
  • FIG. 4 shows a waveform diagram of electrical current applied to the coils of the stationary element when the power supply is turned on.
  • the first waveform shows a direct current waveform used for temporarily positioning the stationary element.
  • the next waveform is a high frequency waveform for measuring the inductance of each coil without moving the movable element.
  • a positive (+) potential is applied to the U-phase of the stationary element
  • a minus ( ⁇ ) potential is applied to each of the V-phase and the W-phase of the stationary element.
  • One half of the direct current applied to the U-phase is supplied to each of the V-phase and the W-phase.
  • the W-phase is turned off, and direct current applied to the U-phase is collected from the V-phase.
  • the pattern of direct current applied to the stationary element at the time of positioning can be determined arbitrarily.
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of positional relationship between the movable element 4 and the stationary elements 6 .
  • a reference numeral 6 R denotes a stationary element provided on the right side of the stationary element 6 currently being focused.
  • Reference numerals U 1 , V 1 , W 1 denote the coils of the stationary element 6 that is currently being focused.
  • reference numerals U 2 , V 2 , W 2 denote the coils of the stationary element 6 R on the right side.
  • the stationary elements 6 and the position sensors 8 are arranged alternately at a certain pitch, e.g., in straight segments.
  • the arrangement pitch of the stationary elements 6 and the arrangement pitch of the position sensors 8 are the same. These arrangement pitches are shorter than the length of the magnet array of the movable element 4 .
  • the coil U 1 at the left end of the stationary element 6 faces the magnet at the left end of the movable element 4
  • the coil U 2 at the left end of the right stationary element 6 R at least partially faces the magnet at the right end of the movable element 4 .
  • the number of N poles and the number of S poles are the same.
  • the number of N poles may be different from the number of S poles.
  • the coil U 1 of the stationary element 6 faces the magnet at the left end of the movable element 4 ′
  • the coil U 2 of the stationary element 6 R faces the magnet at the right end of the movable element 4 ′.
  • the number of poles herein means the number of poles oriented toward the stationary element 6 .
  • FIG. 7 shows positioning of the movable element 4 .
  • the layout 1 ) of FIG. 7 shows a case where the movable element 4 is positioned roughly by applying direct current to the stationary elements 6 , 6 R to excite the coils as illustrated.
  • the movable element 4 can be positioned roughly to any of a plurality of positions.
  • the movable elements 4 can be positioned to any of four positions shown in the layouts 2 ) to 5 ).
  • the number of possible rough positions of the movable elements is a number of pairs of N and S poles of the movable elements (in the case where the number of the magnets is an even number), or (the number of magnets of the movable element 4 ⁇ 1) ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 (in the case where the number of the magnets is an odd number). Further, by utilizing positioning by direct current, resistance values of the coils are measured.
  • both of the coils U 1 , U 2 face the movable element 4 .
  • the coils V 2 , W 2 does not face the movable element 4 .
  • the rough position can be determined only by the signals from the stationary elements 6 , 6 R, and the fine position can be determined by a signal from the position sensor 8 R.
  • the rough position of the movable element 4 cannot be determined only by the signals from the stationary element 6 .
  • both of the left and right position sensors 8 L, 8 R of the stationary element 6 detect the movable element 4 , and there is no such rough position in the other layouts. Therefore, the position can be determined. Also in this case, by any of the signals from the position sensors 8 L, 8 R, the fine position of the movable element 4 can be determined. Also in the following cases, the fine position of the movable element 4 can be determined in the same manner.
  • the rough position of the movable element 4 cannot be determined only by the signal from the stationary element 6 .
  • the left position sensor 8 L faces the movable element 4
  • the right position sensor 8 R does not face the movable element 4
  • the rough position can be determined.
  • the rough position can be determined even if the position sensors 8 L, 8 R are not used, because only the coil W 3 of the left stationary element 6 L faces the movable element 4 .
  • the fact that both of left and right the Hall elements 7 L, 7 R of the stationary element 6 face the movable element 4 can be used as auxiliary information for determining the rough position.
  • inductances of the coils U 1 , V 1 of the stationary element 6 are different from the inductance of the coil W 1 of the stationary element 6 .
  • the position sensor 8 L faces the movable element 4 , and the position sensor 8 R does not face the movable element 4 .
  • both of the coils V 3 , W 3 face the movable element 4 .
  • the left Hall element 7 L of the stationary element 6 faces the movable element 4
  • the right Hall element 7 R does not face the movable element 4 . Therefore, the state of the layout 5 ) can be identified separately from the states in the layouts 2 ) to 4 ). In this manner, the rough position of the movable element 4 relative to the stationary element 6 can be determined, and the detailed position can be determined by the position sensor 8 .
  • the number of movable elements 4 is smaller than the number of stationary elements 6 . Therefore, it is not necessary to apply direct current and high frequency current to all of the stationary elements 6 .
  • the direct current and high frequency current should be applied to the stationary element detecting the movable element 4 by the Hall elements 7 and the left and right stationary elements on both sides.
  • the direct current and high frequency current should be applied also in the case where the presence of the nearby movable element 4 is detected by the position sensors 8 instead of the Hall elements 7 .
  • the high frequency current is preferably applied as three-phase alternating current to the stationary element 6 to measure inductance of each of three coils (U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase). The data obtained by measurement can be utilized for distinguishing the layouts of 4 ) and 5 ) in FIG. 7 .
  • the position sensor 8 having a measurement range shorter than the length of the movable element 4 and the stationary elements 6 are preferably used for making it possible to determine the absolute position of the movable element when the power supply is turned on. Further, by adopting the arrangement pitch of the stationary element 6 to be shorter than the length of the magnet array of the movable element 4 , and providing the magnets on both sides of the movable element 4 to face the coil (U-phase) at the rear end of the left stationary element 6 and the coil (U-phase) at the rear end of the right stationary element 6 , or to face the coil (W-phase) at the front end of the left stationary element 6 and the coil (W-phase) at the front end of the right stationary element 6 , the movable element can be positioned roughly from an arbitrary initial position.
  • the movable element 4 when the power supply is turned on, by applying direct current to the stationary elements 6 , the movable element 4 is positioned roughly to any of a plurality of positions. Then, by applying alternating current to the stationary elements 6 to measure the inductances of each coil, it becomes possible to determine at which one of the plurality of positions the movable element 4 is present. Further, once the rough position is identified, it becomes possible to determine the absolute position of the movable element 4 using the position sensor 8 .
  • inductance of each coil is determined by measuring impedance of each coil, and removing the resistance component.
  • the inductance may be determined by changing the frequency of alternating current applied to the coil.
  • the inductance of each of the coils of the U-phase, the V-phase, and the W-phase may be measured.
  • the inductance of only the coil of the U-phase, or only the inductances of coils of the U-phase and the W-phase, at both ends of the stationary element 6 may be measured.
  • the position of the movable element is determined.
  • positioning using direct current may be omitted.
  • high frequency current is applied, and any of the positions of the layouts 2 ) to 5 ) of FIG. 7 is identified for position determination.
  • the determined position may not be accurate. Therefore, for example, while moving the moving body, for example, by about the length of the stationary element 6 , inductance of each coil is measured. If the position is correct, the inductance changes in a predetermined pattern. If the position is not correct, the position is corrected based on the pattern in the change of the inductance, or processing in FIG. 7 is carried out again.
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